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B C Sharp (bsharp914) wrote : Re: [Bug 552923] Re: firefox will not run subsequent to 10.04 beta upgrade

Thank you for your reply and suggestion.

I am able to run Firefox using the profile manager as you said, but only
that one session. I tried creating and saving a new profile with no luck. I
then tried deleting the old profiles (and the related files/directories) and
creating a new default profile- and I get the same result: it works once,
and then after shutting the Firefox window, I can't get it to reopen.

I then tried deleting the package and reinstalling it after a reboot. I also
tried running Firefox only at the command line in terminal. All get the
same result: the drive spins briefly, and then nothing; system monitor
doesn't show Firefox running in the process list.

I'd appreciate any other suggestions or help you can offer, but I realize
there are probably other more important bugs out there- and I can always
wait until end of April and do a fresh install.

Thanks again-
B.

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Draycen DeCator <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. Sometimes Firefox profiles can
> become corrupt and/or extensions can conflict. Could you please try
> this with a new profile and see if the problem still exists? You do not
> need to delete your old profile to test. If this helps, you might want
> to try to disable all your extensions and re-enable them one by one
> until you find the problematic one.
>
> You can start the profile manager with the following command:
> firefox -ProfileManager
>
> ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> firefox will not run subsequent to 10.04 beta upgrade
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/552923
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: firefox
>
> upgraded to 10.04 beta; after completion and downloading updates, tried to
> start firefox; nothing happens. seamonkey and chrome both run as they did
> before.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> Package: firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu6
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-18.27-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-18-generic i686
> Architecture: i386
> CheckboxSubmission: 9ceaa3ac7467ff11f57d1b63cfacc3ae
> CheckboxSystem: e704f33cc0866ff0f0256a33de39ea1c
> Date: Wed Mar 31 16:05:38 2010
> FirefoxPackages:
> firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu6
> firefox-gnome-support N/A
> firefox-branding 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu6
> abroswer N/A
> abrowser-branding N/A
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.utf8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: firefox
>
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